QUEER TOUR OF STOKEY
FREE
Join Queer Tours of London's DAN DE LA MOTTE and Unity Arts' LIL WARREN for this brand new tour of our very own Stoke ‘Stokey’ Newington, commissioned by Hackney Council as part of the borough's LGBTQIA History Month celebrations.
Learn the significance of Stoke Newington Town Hall in relation to the ‘Pits and Perverts Support the Miners’ campaign in the 1980s, lesbian suffragettes associated with Stoke Newington Library, Stokey's contribution to alternative pop culture and new identities in the later part of the 20th Century around Northwold Road (such as Glam Rock star Marc Bolan) and comparisons between the now lost and thankfully still thriving lesbian spaces such as Blush Bar and Vogue Fabrics. Discover the legendary residents of Abney Park Cemetery (location for Amy Winehouse's Back to Black video), including pioneering drag kings and the doyennes of Music Hall, and the all-important difference between cottaging and cruising…
This new tour will be created following a series of FREE workshops, tours and research (register below) with Unity Arts and community participants.
MEETING POINT For Tours: Stoke Newington Town Hall
TIME: Tours start at 2pm. Workshop Times Vary.
Dan de la Motte
Lil Warren
Queer Tours of London
Unity Arts
Hackney Council
Organiser of QUEER TOUR OF STOKEY
This ticket grants access to QUEER TOUR OF STOKEY on Monday 13th February 2023
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Stoke Newington Town Hall & Assembly Hall Stoke Newington, London, N16 0JR